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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  , which means excited little prefrosh like yours truly got to find out ... , MAS.A17 (Designing Technologies for Kids). Basically I get to play with ... you meet with them every once in awhile to make sure things are going OK

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  direct transcript for your reading pleasure: Me: Tell me about your day. Dora: So I went to sleep at 2am last night because I was trying to finish my 18.03 pset. But I didn’t actually finish. I was going to do it in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you're ... Bridge to get on the Boston side, there's Santouka, which is a fairly ... It is my long-term quest to visit as many ramen shops around Boston

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  below, nor should you feel compelled to defend your choice as much as to ... , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... /disrupted], and my 11th grade teachers barely got to know me. I feel like my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student ... them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power ... questions as we can. You can address your question(s) to all of us, or to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... pressure isn't always bad. Listening to your friends, and letting them affect ... abstract. Let me get to the point. My hair is purple. Let's be frank

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  collecting clean audio. If you've gotten to the point where you're getting ... orientation and are usually able to get their own show within a few weeks of ... . It was kind of shocking to me just how easy it was to get on air. My

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  the top .001%. You need at least 150,000 minutes to get to this level ... IT'S BLOGGER WRAPPED TIME This feels almost poetic to me. The very first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  at MIT happens more often than some people do laundry. Best to get it ... away from your mistakes and weaknesses. All you need to do is reach out ... existence of outside has fled your memory. I'm going to stop writing now so

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  and tweaking components to get everything to work like it does in the ... I wish I had time to do during the school year! (I'm getting much much ... , and I get to read all the books I've always heard good things about. Our

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  seemed to showcase this idea of demonstrating your artistic creativity with ... according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less ... ). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  .edu Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the fair and reading your ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events ... interested students were disappointed that they did not live close enough to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  try and get things done to graduate in June (eeep! real world! yikes ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is invigorating. The hush, the electric cold tingling your lungs with every breath

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn ... personal side to your knowledge that might make it even more interesting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  Pinkett: The Tech: Once you leave MIT and get out into the real world, to ... your overall success as opposed to extracurriculars or other activities ... With all these applications, it's tough to find time to blog. There

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  holed myself up in Radio Society to avoid getting distracted, and yet here ... lied to my entire life? You’re telling me I must sit here now and accept ... catch up to it and I’ll have to get a new one. Maybe by then I will be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  Last semester was pretty rough, and I vowed to make this semester different. I tried to get into a fifth class and didn't (it was too ... to get to try them all. I like knowledge, and experiences, and learning

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020